Overall: A really different and delicious stout. I love the smokiness to it, its subtle and really well balanced. This would definitely be a go-to if it were easily available. An impressive brew for sure.

A thick dark brown with a likewise dark brown head, this beer looks like many imperial stouts out there. It does show some give at the edges. The head's retention is good, though it doesn't exceed half a finger's height. Structure is strong, though, and lacing displays it with sturdy patches.This is a big and robust beer, dry but with lots of richness to it. There's a ton of roast giving way to smoked woods in the middle that remain into the finish. Nut comes through underneath bigger flavors including chocolate in the front and a hint of tobacco leaf from front to end. It finishes woody and dry with notes of ash or cedar. I can see lovers of big American versions not liking this as much as what they're used to with the dryness, but the integration and use of the dryness in flavor and feel is quite masterful.Speaking of, yes, the body's dry, but it's also rich and smooth with a light crispness in a good, firm body with the strength to carry through from the beginning of the first sip to the end of the last.

Bottle from the brewery. Pours thick and black with a big two finger, very creamy looking, dark brown head. Aroma is big strong bittersweet chocolate with some smoke, lots of roast, a bit of dark fruit. Smells excellent. The flavor comes with huge huge dry cedar wood, shines like crazy. Big chocolate notes, roast some fruit but very subdued, and plenty of smoke lingering. The smoke isn't at the forefront but it is definitely there and plays seemlessly with the cedar and chocolate. The cedar comes out in this unlike any other humidor series I have had before. Thick and viscous as any CCB stout, medium carbonation, nice bitter and sweet balance. Really neat beer.

Very dark pour with a tan head. Aroma strongly of cedar with a hint of smoke. Really nice and unique. Toast doesn't contain quite as much cedar and smoke, it is just a hint. Instead there is chocolaty roast with just a hint of smoke and wood, then a dose of hops on the finish. A very nice velvety mouthfeel with a medium body, but it drinks more like a 7% percent beer than an 11% beer. Really nice.